Shelfari 50 Book Challenge Update February 9, 2009

1. The Hollow – Agatha Christie
2. Murder is Easy – A. C.
3. Murder on the Links – A. C.
4. By the Pricking of My Thumbs – A. C.
5. The Man in the Brown Suit – A.C. – my favorite Agatha Christie book thus far
6. The A.B.C. Murders – A. C.
7. The Body in the Library – A. C.
8. Evil Under the Sun – A. C.
9. A Murder is Announced – A. C.
10. Third Girl – A. C.
11. The Moving Finger – A. C.
12. Murder on the Orient Express – A. C.
13. Endless Night – A. C.
14. The Unexpected Guest – A. C.
15. The Murder of Roger Ackroyd – A. C.
16. Merlin – Stephen R. Lawhead
17. Arthur – S. R. L.
18. Eyes at the Window – Evie Yoder Miller – so far the most boring book I’ve read this year
19. King’s Ransom – Jan Beazley and Thom Lemmons
20. The Dante Club – Matthew Pearl
21. The Poe Shadow – M. P.
22. Violet Dawn – Brandilynn Collins
23. The Shadow Within – Karen Hancock – I love all the books I’ve read by her so far, enough to buy them all. I’m waiting to read the rest in the Guardian King series until I can buy them, and eagerly awaiting her next book.
24. Laddie – ?
25. White Fang - Jack London
26. The Call of the Wild – J. L.
27. Scars and Stripes – Lt.Col. (ret) Red McDaniel – awesome book, should be required reading for high school American history
28. The Dog Who Would Be King – John C. Wright
29. James Herriot’s Dog Stories – James Herriot
30. All Creatures Great and Small – J. H.
31. The Thirteenth Tale – Diane Setterfield – very intriguing, I’m hoping she writes more books
32. Plain Truth – Jodi Picoult
33. Inkheart - Cornelia Funke – lovely children’s book, some adult readers complain of lack of character depth, but I loved it
34. No Graves As Yet – Anne Perry
35. Shoulder the Sky – A. P.
36. Angels in the Gloom – A. P.
37. At Some Disputed Barricade – A. P.
38. Murder Among the Owls – Bill Crider
39. The Writing Class – Jincy Willett – neat book, with an interesting story line
40. Way Down Dead in Dixie – Caroline Cousins
41. Shabby Chic – Rachel Ashwell
42. Strong Poison – Dorothy L. Sayers – I’ve found another good mystery writer, W00T!
43. When Men Become Gods – Stephen Singular
44. The Good Guy – Dean Koontz
45. The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart - M. Glenn Taylor – Do NOT recommend this one at all, it’s well written, but much too explicit, IMO
46. Second Chances – Elise Lufkin
47. A Year of Pleasures – Elizabeth Berg
48. Family Skeletons – Rhett MacPherson
49. James Herriot: Life of a Country Vet – Graham Lord
50. Must Love Dogs – Claire Cook

THERE! I got to 49 and thought, “No way! I know I read more than that!” In fact, though I read several non-fiction books this year, there’s only a few of them on that list. So I suceeded in my challenge, I was just a month late in posting about it. I’ve always been horrible about keeping  booklist. This year I used Shelfari a little, and counted on my library automatic reading list to kep up with the rest. I’m pretty sure I read some others, but I can’t think of them right now and this was all that was on the lists, so here ’tis.

Note: I don’t recommend all of these. Most were okay, but a few had elements some readers will find objectional.